diff --git a/src/data.c b/src/data.c
index b9b25b11..1ed5bfee 100644
--- a/src/data.c
+++ b/src/data.c
@@ -1751,32 +1751,27 @@ fileEqualCRC(const char *path1, const char *path2, bool path2_is_compressed)
 		INIT_CRC32C(crc2);
 		gz_in = gzopen(path2, PG_BINARY_R);
 		if (gz_in == NULL)
-		{
-			/* There is no such file or it cannot be read */
-			elog(LOG, 
+			/* File cannot be read */
+			elog(ERROR,
 					 "Cannot compare WAL file \"%s\" with compressed \"%s\"",
 					 path1, path2);
-			return false;
-		}
 
 		for (;;)
 		{
 			size_t read_len = 0;
 			read_len = gzread(gz_in, buf, sizeof(buf));
 			if (read_len != sizeof(buf) && !gzeof(gz_in))
-			{
 				/* An error occurred while reading the file */
-				elog(LOG, 
+				elog(ERROR,
 					 "Cannot compare WAL file \"%s\" with compressed \"%s\"",
 					 path1, path2);
-				return false;
-			}
+
 			COMP_CRC32C(crc2, buf, read_len);
 			if (gzeof(gz_in) || read_len == 0)
 				break;
 		}
 		FIN_CRC32C(crc2);
-		
+
 		if (gzclose(gz_in) != 0)
 			elog(ERROR, "Cannot close compressed WAL file \"%s\": %s",
 				 path2, get_gz_error(gz_in, errno));
diff --git a/tests/archive.py b/tests/archive.py
index 4ed783d6..45b235cd 100644
--- a/tests/archive.py
+++ b/tests/archive.py
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 import os
+import shutil
+import zlib
 import unittest
 from .helpers.ptrack_helpers import ProbackupTest, ProbackupException, archive_script
 from datetime import datetime, timedelta
@@ -325,7 +327,15 @@ class ArchiveTest(ProbackupTest, unittest.TestCase):
             )
             self.assertFalse('pg_probackup archive-push completed successfully' in log_content)
 
-        os.remove(file)
+        wal_src = os.path.join(node.data_dir, 'pg_wal', '000000010000000000000001')
+        if self.archive_compress:
+            with open(wal_src, 'rb') as f_in, open(file, 'wb') as f_out:
+                original_wal = f_in.read()
+                compressed_wal = zlib.compress(original_wal, 1)
+                f_out.write(compressed_wal)
+        else:
+            shutil.copyfile(wal_src, file)
+        
         self.switch_wal_segment(node)
         sleep(5)